A fantastic, brutally honest and open lecture in what causes humans to make poor decisions. It translates into EVERY area of our lives, be it a failed DIY project with no consequences other than pocket change and irritation, to flying along a motorway in poor weather and being distracted by our thoughts, our family or friends or most commonly our obsession with stupid devices like phones and sat nav. We fail to remain present because we were not at the briefing! Flying is addictive and most addictions have damaging negatives in our lives. It was so good to hear you talk about 'narrative thinking' taking control over appropriate and vital actions. The classic 'holes in the Swiss cheese all lining up' is a constant in every aviation accident, as well as everywhere else in life. With so many habitual narrative led pathways in our everyday lives, it becomes the default for carrying out tasks. In flying, that is going to come unstuck at some point and the consequences will be serious. I absolutely love that you highlight the fact that however much we want a situation to work out during it unravelling before our eyes, it makes absolutely no difference to the facts or statistics of it actually working out. The 'universe not caring' concept is hugely important to grasp for everyone. It's the same as shouting at a block of concrete, in the hope it will move out of your way. You have to have thought about the problem way before and work out how to move a block of concrete from A to B well beforehand. It doesn't know or care! So glad you lived, unbroken, to teach this lesson. Fly safe! Post Script: In a previous life back in the late 1980's while playing at being Fire Crew on an airfield in the south east, we had a 'weather standby' called one Saturday in shit conditions with very low cloud and strong squalls blowing through with heavy wintery showers. One of the very few airborne that day was a Twin Comanche with student and experienced instructor. They called up to say returning due to rough running starboard engine. Minutes later it turned to an emergency as that engine stopped. Minutes later with us now at the business end of the active awaiting them popping through cloud, they updated to say the port engine was losing power and they would not make the runway. It was quite a moment. Seconds later later they appeared, turning a gentle final in and out of the very low cloud and fighting the wind. They descended with no gear showing and very little flap, clearly trying to stay clean and as fast as possible until the last moment. They dropped the gear very close in, descending like a rock, hit just the far side of the threshold on a footpath, bounced and the port prop stopped at that point. They touched down right on the very edge of the tarmac and coasted to a halt about a third into the runway. We drove up behind and I jumped out and went to the door of the aircraft, which cracked open a couple of inches and I asked if they were ok...stupid question but instinctive. They were both white, almost transparent, staring dead ahead and unable to speak for quite a moment. Then the instructor just quietly said, "were fine, thank you, just give us a minute" . I gently closed the door and returned to the fire truck to explain to my crew mate and we sat and waited. Eventually we towed them to the apron and I bought them both coffee which they drank in the aircraft. They didn't get out for some considerable time and when they did, it was obvious how emotional they had been. Your moment with a sweet old lady bringing you a flask and cake reminded me so much of that moment! ❤
I learned a lesson about icing a few years ago while flying my Sportcruiser. It was a beautiful winter day with sunshine and crystal clear air so I went for a jolly and was flying at about 5000' and after a while I decided to pop down to Lasham for a cup of tea but when I reached Basingstoke I could see a solid mass of Stratus cloud going down to the coast so I then descended to about 1000' just underneath the cloud . The vis was still fine but after less than a minute the canopy appeared to be fogging up. Alas I quickly found that it was on the outside and it was ice. The wings were also icing .I turned 180º and headed back to the sunny zone hoping to clear the ice and that worked. After while reflecting on what other options I could have taken one would have been to carry on as planned and assume the warmer moist air would defrost the aeroplane in time but it would have meant flying blind and that aircraft has no D/V panel. I think I took the safer option and I am still alive.
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Had the privelege to fly with G a few times, best damn instructor I've ever had.
He is a fantastic teacher
So much for a radio check...... This is such a great lesson.
A scary lesson but we hope a useful one!
A fantastic, brutally honest and open lecture in what causes humans to make poor decisions. It translates into EVERY area of our lives, be it a failed DIY project with no consequences other than pocket change and irritation, to flying along a motorway in poor weather and being distracted by our thoughts, our family or friends or most commonly our obsession with stupid devices like phones and sat nav. We fail to remain present because we were not at the briefing!
Flying is addictive and most addictions have damaging negatives in our lives. It was so good to hear you talk about 'narrative thinking' taking control over appropriate and vital actions. The classic 'holes in the Swiss cheese all lining up' is a constant in every aviation accident, as well as everywhere else in life.
With so many habitual narrative led pathways in our everyday lives, it becomes the default for carrying out tasks. In flying, that is going to come unstuck at some point and the consequences will be serious. I absolutely love that you highlight the fact that however much we want a situation to work out during it unravelling before our eyes, it makes absolutely no difference to the facts or statistics of it actually working out. The 'universe not caring' concept is hugely important to grasp for everyone. It's the same as shouting at a block of concrete, in the hope it will move out of your way. You have to have thought about the problem way before and work out how to move a block of concrete from A to B well beforehand. It doesn't know or care!
So glad you lived, unbroken, to teach this lesson. Fly safe!
Post Script:
In a previous life back in the late 1980's while playing at being Fire Crew on an airfield in the south east, we had a 'weather standby' called one Saturday in shit conditions with very low cloud and strong squalls blowing through with heavy wintery showers. One of the very few airborne that day was a Twin Comanche with student and experienced instructor. They called up to say returning due to rough running starboard engine. Minutes later it turned to an emergency as that engine stopped. Minutes later with us now at the business end of the active awaiting them popping through cloud, they updated to say the port engine was losing power and they would not make the runway. It was quite a moment.
Seconds later later they appeared, turning a gentle final in and out of the very low cloud and fighting the wind.
They descended with no gear showing and very little flap, clearly trying to stay clean and as fast as possible until the last moment. They dropped the gear very close in, descending like a rock, hit just the far side of the threshold on a footpath, bounced and the port prop stopped at that point. They touched down right on the very edge of the tarmac and coasted to a halt about a third into the runway. We drove up behind and I jumped out and went to the door of the aircraft, which cracked open a couple of inches and I asked if they were ok...stupid question but instinctive. They were both white, almost transparent, staring dead ahead and unable to speak for quite a moment. Then the instructor just quietly said, "were fine, thank you, just give us a minute" . I gently closed the door and returned to the fire truck to explain to my crew mate and we sat and waited. Eventually we towed them to the apron and I bought them both coffee which they drank in the aircraft. They didn't get out for some considerable time and when they did, it was obvious how emotional they had been.
Your moment with a sweet old lady bringing you a flask and cake reminded me so much of that moment! ❤
From the other side of the world, “Thanks, G” from another G. Marvellous to be able to learn from this at such a distance.
A brilliant lesson on how Human Factors enables us to do the dumb things that get us into trouble. Thank you very much for putting that out there.
I learned a lesson about icing a few years ago while flying my Sportcruiser. It was a beautiful winter day with sunshine and crystal clear air so I went for a jolly and was flying at about 5000' and after a while I decided to pop down to Lasham for a cup of tea but when I reached Basingstoke I could see a solid mass of Stratus cloud going down to the coast so I then descended to about 1000' just underneath the cloud . The vis was still fine but after less than a minute the canopy appeared to be fogging up. Alas I quickly found that it was on the outside and it was ice. The wings were also icing .I turned 180º and headed back to the sunny zone hoping to clear the ice and that worked. After while reflecting on what other options I could have taken one would have been to carry on as planned and assume the warmer moist air would defrost the aeroplane in time but it would have meant flying blind and that aircraft has no D/V panel. I think I took the safer option and I am still alive.
Great story and lesson, as always!
what a great interview, thanks for sharing!
Thanks G and team, great lesson.
Some great lessons shared there, thank you 👍
Thanks G for sharing this with the world!
Moral of the story, having a wife that grinds your gears always gets in the way of a great gliding day!